fonts

[Fred Grant]

On Wed, 2005-05-18 at 18:22, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Fred Grant wrote:
> > Since you folks are mostly engineers and the like, maybe you can help
> > me.  I'd like to acquire a font such as that used by draftsmen or
> > architects.  I'd also like to get one that would simulate "longhand" or
> > cursive writing.  Preferably the fonts would be freeware.  I'll be using
> > then in Open Office, mainly for addressing letters.
> 
> There are a bunch.  A google search will return a host of free sites.
> One is http://www.1001fonts.com/
> 
> Open Office can use TrueType or Postscript type 1 fonts.  They're not
> too hard to install.  See
> 
> 	http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/fontguide.html#5
> 
> for details.

> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-install-list
I got the fonts to install after a little fooling around as, apparently,
spadmin doesn't allow new font installation in rhopenoffice.  I dragged
and dropped them into a folder that already had TrueTypes installed. 
After a re-boot they showed up.
-- 
Fred